Beyond the Top
Any gold in there today?” Ezekiel Mabhiza shouted to a man hunched over a trash mound, hoe in hand, as they rummaged through one of the many illegal dumpsites littering Zimbabwe’s capital. Soon, Mabhiza joined in. For hours, he scoured Harare’s dumpsites, using a stick or his bare hands to sift through piles of discarded…
Tanzania’s Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa has announced he will not seek re-election in the upcoming parliamentary elections, a surprise move that effectively ends his tenure and rules out any possibility of reappointment. Majaliwa, 64, had previously indicated he would run for his legislative seat for a fourth term in October but reversed his decision on…
Liverpool FC announced that Diogo Jota’s number 20 will be “rightly immortalised” on Thursday evening, as news of the Portuguese winger’s tragic passing in a car accident sparked shock and condolences around the world. Following reports that Jota died overnight on Thursday in a crash on Spain’s A-52 highway near Sanabria, calls quickly grew from…
MOGADISHU – A Ugandan military helicopter deployed with the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia crashed at Mogadishu airport on Wednesday, a Ugandan military spokesperson confirmed. Of the helicopter’s eight occupants, three survived, according to spokesperson Felix Kulayigye, though details about the condition of the remaining five people have not been released. A fire broke…
Ever since Kemi Badenoch took over as Tory leader, many Conservative critics have claimed she’s failed to make an impact. Countless backbenchers, usually hiding behind anonymity, have been quick to say she’s going nowhere. Chief among their complaints is her performance at the weekly parliamentary showdowns with Keir Starmer. Time and again, they moan, she…
The number of decomposing bodies found stacked in a non-descript building at the Mexico-US border is still rising, according to investigators.Nearly 400 corpses have been accounted for at the site in Juarez, which is just across the border from El Paso in Texas, including 383 complete human bodies and 6 partial remains, according to the…
The Federal High Court, Abuja, has fined Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, #5m for contempt. Justice Binta Nyako, on Friday, ruled that the suspended lawmaker went against her order by publishing a satirical apology to the Senator President, Godswill Akpabio. The judge ordered Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan to apologise in two national dailies and on her Facebook…
Ayra Starr has become the first African female artist to surpass five million followers on Spotify, setting a new milestone for African artists on the platform and reflecting her rising global reach. While her follower count has surged, Ayra Starr still trails fellow Nigerian singer Tems in overall streams. Spotify data shows Starr’s catalogue has…
Nigerian goalkeeping legend, Peter Rufai, has passed away. Fondly known as Dodomayana, he died on Thursday morning after a long battle with illness. Although the family has not yet made an official announcement, a senior official in the Lagos State Government has confirmed his passing. More details will follow.
Music executive Sean “Diddy” Combs was acquitted of racketeering and sex trafficking charges on Wednesday but was convicted on a lesser prostitution-related charge following a high-profile seven-week trial in New York. After 13 hours of deliberation over three days, the jury found Combs guilty of two counts of transporting individuals for prostitution, charges that each…